Kenya vs New Caledonia: Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil
Kenya
29.32 hectares per tonne
in 2023
New Caledonia
47.47 hectares per tonne
in 2023
Kenya rank
13th
New Caledonia rank
11th
Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil over time
- Kenya
- New Caledonia
How they compare
New Caledonia currently reports 47.47 hectares per tonne against 29.32 hectares per tonne in Kenya, a difference of 18.15 hectares per tonne.
That makes New Caledonia's figure about 1.6 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1961 it was New Caledonia ahead.
Kenya ranks 13th and New Caledonia ranks 11th of 59 countries.
New Caledonia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | New Caledonia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.74 hectares per tonne | 10.72 hectares per tonne | 4.98 hectares per tonne | New Caledonia |
| 1970s | 11.24 hectares per tonne | 12.75 hectares per tonne | 1.51 hectares per tonne | New Caledonia |
| 1980s | 5.22 hectares per tonne | 12.85 hectares per tonne | 7.63 hectares per tonne | New Caledonia |
| 1990s | 3.33 hectares per tonne | 21.83 hectares per tonne | 18.5 hectares per tonne | New Caledonia |
| 2000s | 4.31 hectares per tonne | 35.69 hectares per tonne | 31.38 hectares per tonne | New Caledonia |
| 2010s | 13 hectares per tonne | 36.56 hectares per tonne | 23.56 hectares per tonne | New Caledonia |
| 2020s | 17.57 hectares per tonne | 105.9 hectares per tonne | 88.33 hectares per tonne | New Caledonia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil, Kenya or New Caledonia?
- New Caledonia, at 47.47 hectares per tonne against 29.32 hectares per tonne in Kenya as of 2023.
- What is the difference in area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil between Kenya and New Caledonia?
- 18.15 hectares per tonne, with New Caledonia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and New Caledonia?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and New Caledonia rank globally for area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil?
- Kenya ranks 13th and New Caledonia ranks 11th of 59 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Area of land needed to produce one tonne of vegetable oil. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Area of coconut crops harvested to produce a tonne of coconut oil. This metric is the inverse of oil yields, and represents the amount of land that would need to be devoted to grow a given crop to produce one tonne of oil.